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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:33:26 +0200
From: Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl>
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Manfred A. Reiter wrote (07-06-11 17:51)
> 2011/6/7 Danese Cooper<danese@gmail.com>:

>> Well...the original owner of the code, Marco Boerries, was really
>> fond of the name OpenOffice.  No other name would do.  However,
>> Sun's lawyers were not willing to endorse a name that they couldn't
>> secure worldwide trademarks on.  There was an existing proprietary
>> software package sold in the South Korean market that was using the
>> name OpenOffice.
>
> In Switzerland, there is the brand name "Open Office" as well. - So
> be careful. ;-)

And OpenOffice is a registered trademark in the BeNeLux (www.openoffice.nl)
But prolly Simon Brouwer already told (I did not check all maisl from
last days.)

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